Hat-mark.



E. C.. BOGGS.

HAT MARK. y APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1910.

Patented Oct. 8, 1911.

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Be n' known that l, Enom, G; Bocos, a i-tipen ol? the Vit-ed States, r -o'liolaavillc` in the county oit Jessainine and Statey of I en'tuoky, have invented new arid useful linprovenients in Hat-Hara, of which the tollmving is a speci'ticat'ion.

This invention relates to'iiew and iisefnl imprm'ements in hat niark rs, and tias; for

" ir'zoadapted to lic secured totiie sweat-bandol a hat and llaving stamped or printed upon one 'tace the name of tl'ze rnamifactla'er r any otlier advertising matter and having secured to vits lother fare a card Upon Wliieli may be daM prayed the name and address ol the owner.

` Another oligeet of' this invention :1S to prod'aoe an artielo for the purpose disclosefl': which will not only suppl",1 a visnallmarlc 2f)A of ldentl'ication lontwliitzh wtll'lie so constructed, that ii placed i'midvertentlyUpon the liead of a Stranger, as to inform him or liiS m'issale. r n

A'furtl'ier object of tl'iis yinvention is to 25 eonaiiruet a hat-marker comprisi'ng'but few parts which will lie so Simple. in construction filmt they can lie manufactured atv a mini-- mum cost.

Vfitli'tliese and otnor olijecta in View this 30 inventil'in consists of eert-ain novel construe.

tions. formationfl and arrnw'enients of parta l A to be hereinafter more fully described,

claimed and illustrated in the aeeornpanving' drawing 4in which,

Figure l ia a front elevation of my improved hat-marker. Figi?, is a rear eleva- .lion ofthe Same. Fi. 3 a Section taken on the line 3-3o- Fil. i, Fig. 4 is a vertil" ral Section taken tlironglra portion of a hat ftliaving my invention applied to tl'ie.swcat hand-thereof. Fig'. 5 ia a plan View ot the lilank'trom which inv hat-marker is made.

Referring; to the drawingsliy (-,lxaraoters4 ol' refcrenro tlm numeral l designates gener- :rlljf my hat marker, scoured tothe SweatliandQ of a hat fl of any desired shape.

Villy,hat-marker leornprisea :n.sillistantially ellipt-ifal' plate fl upon one 'side of wliicli maybe stamped or printed 'any desired ad- A springolasp 5 evtenda` trom oneenrl of the plate l and ia adapted to mirage and rest npon lille upper edge ol the 'hat and llo'ld the device in a Sweatdiand 2 of the hat 3 as clcarlv illus,- trated in lflig. oit. the drawingn car (i conforming in Shape and Size to the e flis reared thereto, upon tirey sideoppoai e the one bearing' the advertiing matter; by umani; ofr retaining lingers Y .Se-verni of which are provided Ywith :sharpened offset ends S lor a purpose to oe hereinafter described.

The spriiigclaap 'ia provided with z onggne i)'adapted to lie pasaed throagn ai plat slot 2"'in the upper portion die svv'eat- )and Se 'to underlie the latte-r and hold 'le device m a position so not pien itis necessary to place tlic a rack sta l containing a mimlie-r ot' hat: disengaged troni beneath tho indicated by dotted lines in'Fig. '94. Ilfifs obvious that, tile offset ends t4 of the tin-gera 7 will 'project .inward roam-dine eenier of the hat and a Stranger 'iii`adverte11iij-f placing `the Same upon his head Willis@ apprised olf li'i mistake, vlla fing' thus 'fully described tliie invcniion 'what is claimed new'is :1

l. fa device for the purpose described coinpri ing a plate, a card 'for the reception oft "printed matter Secured to one Side ot tlri plate, retaining lingers haring'-sharpened to annoy hat apo-n f ott'set endsA formed npontlie cdgjes of. lie,

plate and providing a moana for mooring;

the card' to the plate, a spring clasp formed vintegrally upon one. end of the, plate and Aadapted to lie paased t-lironglitlie sweat band andV constituting a moana for lli'irlgedly securing the device npon the sweai band of liatr` said clasp including a tongue which iw vstavntially Vv-shaped on one end of the plate and extending therefrom, said tongue being bent at its point of connection with the plate to form a subsprng clasp, said tongue being'inselted. through the said slot of the sweat .band so as to cause the upper portion ,of the Sweat band between the slot and the upper edge of the band to seat within the spring clasp to form :au hinge for the hat mark for' the purpose set forth.

In testimon whereof I :LHX my signature in presence o two Witnesses.

EDGAR C. BOGGS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE NOLAND, L. P., EVANS. 

